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Last Minute Plans: The Wiener’s Circle Reality Show Viewing At Liar’s Club

Nicole Campoy-Leffler — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:30:00 +0000

We’re curious, and we bet you are, too. That’s why Do312 and Chicagoist would like to invite you to watch the the premiere of the show with us at the Liar’s Club tonight. [ more › ]

So, About Those Grammys

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:10:00 +0000

I appeared on FOX’s Good Day Chicago this morning to chat about last night’s Grammys telecast. Watch the video and let us know your thoughts on the show. [ more › ]

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Gov. Quinn Plays The Numbers

Rickhouse — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:30:00 +0000

Gov. Pat Quinn walked the walk a couple of days ago and encouraged Illinoisans to play the lottery. Quinn purchased a $2 Powerball ticket at a Chicago liquor store in an attempt to emphasize that lottery revenues go to fund education and capital projects such as road work. [ more › ]

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Kelsey Grammer Wins Golden Globe For His Portrayal Of Chicago’s Mayor On Boss

Will Guzzardi — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:08:00 +0000

Grammer has received accolades in the past for his comedic work on the show Frasier , but this marks the first win for the actor in a dramatic role. [ more › ]

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A haunting, frustrating evening from RE|Dance

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:29:00 +0000

“The Attic Room,” one of two works from the RE|Dance Group performed over the weekend at Links Hall, is ferociously frustrating, its bright spots sullied by its weaknesses.

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At the Old Town School, the Persuasions keep rolling after 50 years

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Performing “Ol’ Man River” early in their show at the Old Town School of Folk Music Friday night, members of the Persuasions mimed grueling work as Jimmy Hayes called out the song’s decree, “tote that barge until you’re dead.”

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At the Old Town School, the Persuasions keep rolling after 50 years

A stripped-down ‘In the Heights’ still flies

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:07:00 +0000

The 2008 Broadway musical “In the Heights,” the story of a mostly Latino community struggling to both move up and stay together, is now in its waning days as a touring attraction. Since the show last was in Chicago ¿ in late 2009 ¿ the initial, Broadway-caliber touring cast has been quietly replaced by nonunion actors, most of whom are very young and inexperienced. And for anyone who experienced the thrilling visual impact of Anna Louizos’ romantic version of the tiptop of Manhattan on Broadway, the current, reduced setting feels rather more like everybody left the neighborhood and headed for the Legoland version of Washington Heights.

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‘Addams Family’ remake adds charm missing from Broadway version — 3 stars

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:32:00 +0000

“The Addams Family” is not the first musical whose first national tour has been infinitely better than the Broadway production that gave birth to it: such past shows as “Big” and “The Civil War” were also greatly improved. But in most of these rare cases, different directors have retooled existing material. It’s hard to think of another show that has been revised so heavily and, for the most part, successfully, by its admirably indefatigable original authors and composer.

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‘Addams Family’ remake adds charm missing from Broadway version — 3 stars

Extra Extra: A Breastaurant Fails In Naperville

Rickhouse — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Breast-centric restaurant Show-Me’s failed in Naperville, in part because the controversy surrounding it when the city required the waitresses to cover up a little. [ more › ]

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Oprah’s Next Chapter to Premiere New Year’s Day.

Jen Sabella — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:30:00 +0000

For Winfrey fans expecting a daily show, we’ll let you down easy. OWN said they expect the show to run weekly, on Sunday nights. Discovery, Oprah’s partner in OWN, said that new episodes could run two or three times a week . [ more › ]

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Oprah’s Next Chapter to Premiere New Year’s Day.